Despite only having a population of 45 million, Ukraineboasts three of the top 34 ranked members of PocketFives. Our Ukraine poker community numbers 400 and the nation is in 12th place in our Country Poker Rankings. This author feels like he’s constantly writing about superlatives and accomplishments from Ukrainian players, so I thought it would be worthwhile to list some of the country’s top poker minds according to our Rankings.

First off, Ukraine players have claimed seven Triple Crowns and the combined PLB score of the nation’s top 20 players is 77,464, just 300 shy of claiming the #11 spot in our Country Rankings from Portugal. Its largest tracked online cash amounted to $207,000 and came in a WCOOP event two years ago. Now, onto the top 10 Ukrainians:

10. FaNjkEEE – FaNjkEEE has over $1 million in tracked scores in his PocketFives profile and is just two days removed from winning the $70,000 Guaranteed Super Stack Pro Elite Bounty Edition tournament on Cake for $17,000.

9. Skazo4nik123 – Skazo4nik123 won the Full Tilt Poker $350,000 Guaranteed on the last weekend of February and banked $63,000 along with 623 PLB Points.

8. 3zMyers – Kiev’s Maxim Krasnooky has nearly $450,000 in cashes in his PocketFives profile and is ranked #492 worldwide, 50 spots off his all-time high point of #442 set back in February.

7. gnat777 (pictured) – A member of PocketFives since 2010, gnat777 finished second in the Full Tilt Poker Tyrannosaurus Rex two days ago for $14,000. He is the top ranked player from Donetsk.

6. STiger – Odessa’s STiger won last weekend’s PartyPoker $100,000 Guaranteed High Roller and took home $28,000.

5. Artem205 – The top ranked player in Kiev, Artem Metalidi has over $1.5 million in tracked scores. Two weeks ago, he finished second in the PokerStars $530 Monday Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max tournament for $14,000.

4. psyhoagromor – On the same day as Skazo4nik123 won the Full Tilt Poker $350,000 Guaranteed, psyhoagromor finished in third place in it and earned $43,000.

3. nebo_blizko – The #34 player in the PocketFives Rankings, nebo_blizko won the PokerStars Big $55 seven days ago for $19,000. Also this month, he took second in the PokerStars $320 Saturday Super Knockout for $20,000 and won the site’s Hot $44 for $10,000.

2. Romeopro (pictured) – The top ranked PocketFiver from Khmelnitskiy, Romeopro has over $2 million in lifetime scores. Recently, he won the $215 No Limit Hold’em Turbo 2X Chance on PokerStars for $14,000 and was the runner-up in the Hotter $55 for another $18,000.

1. gosuoposum1 – Once ranked as high as #2 worldwide, gosuoposum1 can now be found at #8. He already has two third place finishes in FTOPS XXII events for over $50,000 total.

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